The Sun. — London, England, 1836-10-10 00:00:00

WINDSOR-SUNDAY. haEarl of Jersey arrived at the Castle on Friday evening, si t_iL had the honour of dining with their Majesties. His Lord ti,all) took leave the following morning, and left for his resi rlee in Berkeley -square, whence he will proceed shortly to his seat , hliddleton Park, Oxfordshire. Lord Asti es. Elphinstone arrived yesterday, on a visit to their Ma- The lt King to o k a carr i age drive yesterday, and visited his a lai Siste r at Frogmore Lodge. of ‘1 1 , 1 .e Que en w as also out, accompanied by the Marchioness Th elle sleh Lady in W a i t i ng f or t h e present mont h . ere ; t vras no mili tary i nspect i on th i s morn i ng, but the King G o ssett` Divi ne S erv i ce in the private chapel ; the Rev. Isaac a offici ate d . The Queen, Prince Ernest of Philippsthal, were the different members of the R o y a l S u it e an d H ouse h o ld, el: also resent. o In the afternoon the Queen took a short walk, and at fou clo ck her Majesty, attended by the Marchioness of Welles r lervioe .proceeded to St. Georg e ' s Chapel, to attend the evening ac The King took a drive this afternoon, in a close carriage, c,Enprnpanied by Prince Ernest of Philippsthal. cp 'h n ia evening their Majesties will entertain the commanding s, and some of the Clergy, at dinner. COURT CIRCULAR. viscount Melbourne arrived at his seat, Brockett Hall, on tur daY, from th e res id ence of Mr. King, at Youngsbury, are, Herts. Lie ut. . st _ General Si r S. Whi tt i ng h am, commanding the forces I tli r . !•ue Le eward and Windward Islands, transacted business at e Colonial Office on Saturday. Lord Gleneig has arrived in Edinburgh. ‘A S HIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Z n Mr. and Mrs. Wray and family, at the Sackville Hotel, eltyille-street, from Tonbridge Wells; the Rev. J. and e ra ' Howard, at ditto, from Foot's Cray ; Mr. and Mrs. C. harleville, at ditto, from St. Helena. DEPARTURES. Lord and Lady Rossmore, from the Sackville Hotel, Sack ditto street, for Oxford ' • the Hon. Captain Blackwood, from -NM ditto, f or fo _ r am, ey Surre y; Captain Caton, son and daughter, Bel, Kent. UNI VERSITY INTELLIGENCE. U XPO JO 4 RD) OCT. B.—This day at 12 o'clock, the Rev. Dr. cell " ' P ro V ice Chancellor (representing the late Vice-Chan „ cell ac compan i e d b y the Proctors, Heads of Houses, &c., igcoeeded to the Convocation House, where was read the 141 11 e of Welli ng t on ' s appo i ntment o f t h e R ev. D r. Gilb ert, DciPal of Brazenose College, as new Vice-Chancellor, Dr. les _havi ng i n a L at i n speech resigned the office, the new th e Chancell or t oo k th e usua l oat h s , an d was insta ll e d ; h e aPPointed th e R ev . D r . J en ki ns , R ev . D r . J ones , an d 411 7. Dr. Bridges pro Vice-Chancellors for the ensuing year, "ec" c oncluded by d e li ver i ng a L at i n speec h su i ta bl e to t h e asion. •--_ - - - t 0 -18 Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex is expected the 21st a the Grand Masonic Meeting at Bath on Friday, inst. Th e o bj ect o f t h e meet i ng is to present a piece I, Plate to C. K. K. Tynte, Esq., M. P., Provincial Grand ter. V„We are informed that all the leading nobility, in ellajPg the Queen and Duchess of Kent, have taken private eri t s es at Drury-lane Theatre, and that the amount already sub "oe.d far exceeds 4,3001. H o Tr_George Warrender . has been entertaining the „ ".,. Mr. and Mrs. Liddell, Captain and the Hon. Mrs. War r`nuer, and a select party, at Chefden, near Maidenhead. The late Right Hon. Sir It. Graham (whose death W e recorded a few days since), was descended from George Graham, of Calendar, Esq., second son of William Lord fo4laroi. of Ann Douglas, eldest daughter of George, k otrro Earl ex Angus, and brother of William, first Earl of se, di C ount Mole gave, on Tuesday, a grand diplomatic m„ th n 'er• Count Pozzo di Borgo and Sir R. Peel were among v eh ellests. Lady Peel, Lady Granville, and Princess Lie u"' Were among the company who assembled in the evening. atiliseile.,siame day Sir R. Peel waited on the King of the French m ay . Sir Robert, Lady Peel, and daughter, are expected 41 W hitehall-gardens on Wednesday next, from Paris, on their * a Yto Drayton Manor. Sir Robert gave up Norris Castle to the ropri etor , S i r George S eymour , prev i ous to hi s d eparture il a ,, t ' t he Continent, having rented it for two months only. The p i e w t : n ansion at Drayton, is advancing rapidly towards coin to B L Partacus, a tragedy in five acts, has been presented A t ae Cov en t- gar d en Management. The Am er i can t rage dy, e Gl a di ator , i s to b e transp l ante d to D rury -l ane Th eatre on (1 ' about the 17th inst., to introduce Mr. Forrest. la The D u k e o f Brunswick, who it seems paid five times i 'inch for his aerial trip as he had undertaken to do, is much the same s i tuat i on as a traveller b y a stage-coach, who gets ,_erturned, and who, we never yet beard, was called upon to eriitaYn.the more for the negligence or want of skill of the coach t:rhe Earl of Albemarle has returned to Quidden -4,11ea,11, near West Harling, Norfolk, from a visit to Mr. of 1, auY Anne Coke, at Holkham Hall. where the Marquis keavistock, Lord Braybrooke, Honourable Major Keppell, al lor ,f t . select party, have been enjoying the sport of pheasant kit g• • Lord Albemarle afterwards went to the Newmar raeeti . t ar T he Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury have re -I,;led,to Alton Towers, from a visit to the Duke of Devon -44,1z at Chatsworth. d a L h e Marquis and Marchioness of Ailsa and their Of N imter• the Countess of Newburgh, have arrived at the Earl fQ,elvburgh's seat, Hassop Hall, from Buxton Wells. The % t i ! Mansion in Whitehall-gardens has been undergoing a l ie of repair and improvement. Aron Nicolay arrived at Ashburnham House on lie n -P uaY, from P ar i s . Th e Russian Ambassador was ex lei,ted to leave for London on the 18th instant. His Excel_ ler? W as Present at the first grand official dinner of the Minis 1. 7 Poreiga i Affairs, Count Mole, on Wednesday. P ltot ° ,,rd 'Yarborough has arrived at Appuldercombe Oli D ;,"° 11 1 St. Lawrence, to pass the winter there. His Lord i-ate frigate yacht, the _Falcon, sailed for Singapore on sa id a Y aS a inerchant ship. oa st Sandy (late Lord Arthur Hill) has left Cur at to resume the command of the Royal Scots Greys, Ott e aadalk, His Lordship and Major Wyndham are the only of the A now in the regiment who served in Waterloo, exclusive i l ilssistant-Surgeon and Quartermaster. , la st h e Duke and Duchess of St. Alban 's mansion,. ra e lt ton-street, is in a state of preparation to receive . their Kr a e s , who are expected in a few days from their tour in the ;Pi' England. by ~:i n ce Esterhazy, whose return has been delayed Aellistrtant avocations, will join a shooting party at Strath. early in the ensuing week. . ° rd 'William Russell, British Ambassador at Ber an:L."ll4 route to England on leave, Sir George Baillie 4 .04 " A lbeing accredited Charge d'Affaires at Berlin, until Ihrwi:William's return. The Firebrand steamer sailed from on Thursday, to bring over his Lordship. V411;le Earl of Liverpool and the Ladies Jenkinson tli a t r va Brixted Park, next month, for Ramsgate, to visit LeoVic•tor'.„oYal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Princess r;". who are expected to sojourn at West Cliff House, live n e gwell Bay, unt il Ch r i stmas , having, it is understood, kilt) their pr o j ecte d tour. 1) 1 • kf a a tried, on Saturday last, by special license, at :Illy 1 7 2 Church, Bryanston-square, by the Rev. Henry gay's of the late Bishop of Bristol, the Viscount Glent- I a grandson of the Earl of Limerick, to Eve Maria, se- Of knit 1 ; 1 1 1 , ghter of Henry Villebois, Esq., of Gloucester-place, "hom-house, in the county of Norfolk. i n . , t .gs o OF PROVOST BLAIKIE.—It is with tem .; (alp ~, ` eP regret that we have this week to record the death u s" koq u eb-respected Chief Magistrate. On the afternoon "lov er , aY last, Provost Blaikie presided at a meeting of the P i aal l i Z s t. of Gordon's Hospital, and appeared to be in his t PlPit c' t " and spirits. Soon after two o'clock he left the 4 mid Proceeded to the Town House, for the purpose 1 11 : - . 1 .iii eli st a T in 0 g a, rneeting of the Managers of the Infirmary. He . i..‘"trd • t ened the Town House door, when he suddenly fell 'eatl,t ne iw n state of insensibility. He was lifted up by some t °ll ae'l 'no were near him when befell, and carried to the th e arnber. Several medical gentlemen were assembled ka ki la eati ng in th T n Hall, an their assistance was in availinY s'bitsain e d. : I • ff. however,were altogether un -41, • e..or.s, e Nee i n the course of a few minutes he b expired.— Tre he„tie.-o/d. I k' s Uuke and Duchess of Beaufort left Newmar -1 aurda Y, kr Badminton Park, Gloucestershire. or w. archioneEs Wellesle left Fulham on Friday, .I:,arlinydnsfarCastle, to resume her attendance on her Majesty Honour• s j e ._ rd s,. in Waiting. f or N:, Vincent and his daughter, the Hon. Miss 11 1 , l eUsic a rg lll 2hed in the fashionable circles by her talen , ts . tit tl blis: 3 4 o °ll oPosition, having composed, we believe, several il as k° WeflFraa, left town on Thursday, on a visit to the t e i ti retu rne !ogton, at Weimer Castle, whither his Grace sates b • L ' in sequence of the country around btrath - itt l is "'R.' under water by the floods. 'aYs • "ELs virrs -""••" Th e OCT. 6.—A letter from Antwerp tiro-l ati re is no truth in the reports which have been in " for t( 4 are; n L 'errie days of aernaments in Holland. The 114, 1 0titbi, itlueir cantonments, and, with the exception of 141 roa t i e i' s ani;res, which took place on the Ist instant on (.118, there is nothing new." We did not repeat these iten r aPpeared to us to be manifestly false. —B russels It 1 • b th e 'cal to s s t cell determined by the Dublin Trades' m e re li ese n a ta r t t . Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Henry Grattan for s Iv ion of that city, whenever the opportunity arises. `;l7 ere opened on Friday at Lloyd's, and sub „. Some extent, giving 201. to receive 1001. in the r aa decl • b ef aration of war between Great Britain and IT or e Jul a‘lthor't7 next. tivplergo t i„ i i i l es of the tow n of BUckingham have again, 11 .11 th e Y Pursued their taste for economy—they have !%, l i d ; th e rer g_ a sHights . in the streets, and resorted to oil t ilt , Per pear tying is th a t t h ey h ave a contract f or o il a t aaf 61. 14s arnP less than the gas would cost ; mak • Per year. —Bath Herald. DRURY-LANE. On Saturday night this theatre opened for the season. The house was well filled, without being crowded. The first piece was the opera of The Siege of Rochelle, in which Mr. M. W. Balfe made his appearance for the first time on the English stage. He appeared in the arduous character of Michel, and was received on his introduction to the audience, with an enthusiastic kindness which his subse quent performance warranted. His position, as the singer of his own music, was a novel one. The audience seemed to feel it, and they acknowledged his deserts accordingly. We shall be anxious for an opportunity of seeing him in some character affording more scope for the operatic talent and powers of acting which he evidently has. The new grand opera in preparation at this theatre, in which Mr. Balfe sustains a principal character, will no doubt give him scope enough. Miss Sherriff acquitted herself to the great delight of the audience, though we should, we confess, rather see more nature and less of artificial feeling. A new farce called Everybody's Widow, by Beasley, followed The Siege Rochelle. The principal character in the piece were sustained by Mr. Bartley, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Brin dal, Mrs. C. Jones, Mrs. Vining, and Miss Lee. It was unfavourably received, a circumstance which renders it scarcely necessary for us to give an outline of the plot. It began very heavily, and also contained some indelicate ex pressions, under the guise of what the author must have in tended for wit, though the audience thought very differently. We see by the announcement for next week that it has been withdrawn. The evening's performances terminated with what was described in the bills as a " Grand Com memoration of the departed Genius of Music." After an introductory tribute to the memory of the fair genius, the scene changed, and offered a panoramic view of " The Mill," in Bellini's opera of La Sonnanibula. One stanza, descriptive of the powerr of the late artiste, exhibited in the arduous but captivating character of Amina, having been spoken by Mr. Cooper ; another scene followed, which represented " the prison" in Beethoven's magnificent opera of Fidelio. Here a further just elegical encomium was passed upon the deceased, and the audience were next presented with a view of " The Deserts," in Balfe's Maid of Artois. That the reader may judge himself of its merits or deficiencies we subjoin the— MONODY. Changed is the scene since—one brief summer past— Our theme of thanks by you was welcomed last ; Changed, too, each thought which used to plume the flight Of hope and joy, on this our opening night—. The smiles which beamed around us, the response That glowed within us, clouded all at once ! Enchantress of the nations ! she who breathed The sweetest notes that ever music wreathed ; Whose magic tones were wont to pour along Those compassed sounds, unknown before to song ; Hath passed for ever from us—cold and still The lip which once could every bosom thrill ; Glazed, too, the eye, whose intellectual fire Could light the dull, and e'en the bright inspire: And now she sleeps, if that may grief atone, Within the land which loved her as its own. Here, then, where late the magic of her art Subdued the stoutest, melted every heart, It may be pardoned if we bring to view Some humble tribute to such greatness due ! (Here the Scene changes, and discovers THE MILL, in " LA SONNAMBULA.") Behold the scene familiar to each eye, As were its tears she could command or dry ; The mill—the stream—the cottage and the dale The youth who loved her, and believed her tale. (Here the Scene changes to THE PRISON in " FIDELIO.") Then pass we on to where, in hopes to save Her captive lord, Fidelio dug his grave ; The daring heroine—the devoted wife— Who risked her own to save a husband's life. ( Here the Scene changes to The DESERTS in " THE MAID OF ARTOIS.") Then farther on, along you barren sand, The hapless maiden bathed her lover's hand, Prepared the latest gasp of life to give, And die with him her heart could not outlive ! Where is the breast so uninspired and cold Could scenes of such pervading force behold, Nor, while he bowed to woman's power before, Gaze on and wonder at its worth the more ? These are the scenes whose form we would recal, Which want, alas ! the soul that made them all— And now but serve to show, in sad array, The mighty and the beauteous passed away. Now turn we to that fane, whose cloisters rung With the rich strain her dying accents sung ; Beneath whose sacred dome in peace now lie All of that gifted spirit which COULD die And thus, when other ties may be forgot, Lov'd be the sanctuary, blessed be the spot, Whence the last notes she warbled into air, Ascended unto heaven, and rested there Here the scene changes to the interior of the Collegiate Church at Manchrster, in which a chorus is sung by the principal vocalists of the establishment, a sort of preparation to the Apotheosis that followed. We cannot say much for either words or music. LIVERPOOL FESTIVAL. (Abridged from the Morning Post.) LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.—The musical performances of this splendid festival have terminated in one of the greatest tri umphs it has ever been our pleasing duty to record. The second commercial city in the world has been the first in the production of Mendelssohn's Paul. This is a great and glorious conclusion of this magnificent meeting. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's works have been prin cipally made known to the English public through the Philharmonic Society. His finest composition, the fanciful overture to The Midsuntmer Night's Dream, is well known. The present oratorio was first produced on the 22d of last May, at the Great Musical Festival held at Dusseldorf, on the Rhine, and is, we believe, his first attempt at the writing of an oratorio. The success which attended its production was immense, and the German critics have written strongly in its praise. The overture is symmetrical in its design. The first motif is of a solemn character, and finely introduces a mag nificent fugue. There is much beauty of design in this composition, and it prepares the mind very appropriately for the succeeding portions. The opening chorus of Christians is very imposing, the modulations of which are exceedingly ingenious. The subject is supplicating, and it is succeeded by a soft, soothing chorale of thanksgiving, sung in a most beautifully subdued manner by the singers. M rs . W. Knyvett's recitative is the prelude to the appear ranee of the witnesses assigned to two basses. This duet, which is a somewhat singular conception, leads to the passionate chorus of the people, who accuse " Stephen" of blasphemy. There is a wild rage about this chorus which renders it very effective. Then comes the touching appeal of " Stephen" to the multitude, which is rather Weberish in the accompaniments. The sensation produced by the chorus " Stone him to death" was very great. It was sung with tremendous force. The remaining portions of the work appeared to us to be rather feeble, but the composer rallied in the last reci tative, well sung by Mrs. Wood, and a stupendous chorus of praise, after Paul had taken his departure for Jerusalem, ends the oratorio. SATURDAY NIGHT.—The great Festival has concluded. Last night the great fancy ball took place at the Town Hall and the Exchange New Room. A long gallery was constructed for the occasion, which extended across the area of the Exchange, from the north-east window of the ball-room to the opposite window of the underwriters' room. The reading-room of the Exchange was fitted up as a place for refreshments. At eight o'clock the company began to arrive, and by eleven the whole suite of rooms was densely thronged. It is estimated that nearly three thousand per sons were present, and as every visitor was compelled to appear in costume the effect was singularly beautiful, as there was no end to the variety of dresses worn on this oc casion. The rush to the supper-room was quite awful, and if proper precautions had not been adopted serious acci dents would have ensued. As it was, the only inconve nience which existed was the excessive heat. The moments were indeed truly melting. Lord Sandon was present with a large party, enjoying the scene of merriment. There was little room, of course, for dancing ; and those who disliked the practice might have amused themselves with Mr. Owen, of Lanark, who was distributing his tracts, being attired in the gown of a gentleman learned in the law. The gross amount of receipts at the festival have been from 8,0001. to 9,0001. We learn by a letter of the 26th ult., from Jena, that the meeting of the German physicians and naturalists, which opened on the 19th, has separated, after holding four general assemblies and seven sittings of sections. The daily list published states the numbers at 353, comprising celebrated persons from all parts of E urope. T ne next annua l mee ti ng is-appointed to be held at Prague.—Galignani's Messenger. The precedence of title in the united diocese of Bristol and Glocester has been settled in the most fair and impartial manner—viz., the Bishopric of Glocester is to take prece dence, being nine months the more ancient see. The arms of the two sees are to be borne per pall on the same shield.— Berrow's Worcester Journal. In answer to an app l ication of the Militia of Edin burgh, for the payment of arrears of bo un ty d ue ever s i nc e the year 1814, the Secretary-at-War has written to say he cannot entertain the demand so many years after the claim accrued. —Edinburgh Advertiser. In compliance with the requisiti on o f a cons id era bl e number of the operatives of this city in the Liberal interest, the Mayor has granted to them the use of the Guildhall, for the purpose of their dining together. They have, we aro in formed, sent invitations to the Mayor, to the county and city Members who represent their political principles, and to Col. Davies.-IVoreester Journal. The road between Buxton and Ashbourn was co vered with snow to the depth of three inches on Friday last. So severe a season has never been known in this county,— Derby Mercury. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1836. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The extraordinary statements lately put forth in pamphlets, and in paragraphs in the papers, by Mr. Petti grew and Dr. Sigmond, render it incumbent on the Com mittee to make known the nature of the late inquiry, and they therefore direct me to transmit to you their Report, and Decision, unanimously dispensing with the services of these two gentlemen. By this Report you will observe that the Committee were appointed by the General Board on the Ist of August, with plenary power, and that they had seven meetings, at five of which the gentlemen in question were present. The meetings occupied from four to five hours each, and after a patient and painful investigation they came to the decision which I now send you. With respect to the charges broUght against the arrange ments of the hospital, the best refutation they consider is an invitation to any one to come and judge for themselves, every department being at all times open for inspection. I beg to:state that the chief parts of the statements made by the above individuals were brought before the Com mittee, and were either DISTINCTLY DISPROVED, or SATIS FACTORILY EXPLAINED, and were pronounced by the Committee to be frivolous, and not founded on facts ; and therefore, in again bringing them forward, Mr. Pettigrew and Dr. Sigmond, to use the mildest language, acted in a very disingenuous and uncandid manner. _ I cainot eonclude without observing, that none of their grave causes of complaint were ever heard of by the Com mittee of Management, or by any of the officers, who had the power of correcting them (had they really existed), until they were brought before the Special Committee ap pointed to inquire into the other transactions, and it is therefore evident that Mr. Pettigrew and Dr. Sig,mond must be incorrect in stating that the conduct of the former, in the pecuniary transaction, would never have been ques tioned, had they not made the complaints above alluded to. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your very obedient Servant, JOHN ROBERTSON, Hon. Sec. Charing Cross Hospital, Oct., 1836. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES. The entries took place on Saturday evening as follows SEcOND DAY. _ Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. The winner to be sold for 100 sows., &c. Mr. M. Dilly's ch. f. Robinette, 3 yrs; Captain Fairlie's Aris tocrat ; Mr. Mason's Water Nymph, 3 yrs ; Mr. La* den's Little Rover, 5 yrs ; Mr. Seffert's ch. g Walter, 6 yrs ; Mr. Shelley's br. f. Ticket, 3 yrs. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added. The winner to be sold for 40 sovs., &c. Mr. Seffert's ch. g. Walter, 6 yrs ; Mr. Knight's ch. g. Game boy, 5 yrs ; Mr. Firth's b. c. Swallow, 3 yrs ; Hon. G. Ongley's b. m. Jane, 4 yrs ; Mr. Balchin's b. c. Guitar, 3 yrs ; Mr. Harri son's b. f. Mischief, 4 yrs. The other stakes remain open till to-morrow evening. The races take place on Wednesday and Thursday next. CHESTERFIELD RACES.-THURSDAY. A Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft., for two years old; colts, Bst. 31b. ; fillies, Bst. Half a mile. 4 Subs. Capt. Lamb's ch. c. by Voltaire Holmes 1 Mr. Heseltine's Cow-boy 2 Mr. Lacey's Subaltern Mr. Barrow's b. c. by Waverley 4 A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for all ages ; three years, 7st. 21b ; four, Bst. 41b ; five, Bst. 111 b ; six and aged, 9st. Once round and a distance. 10 Subs. Mr. Skipsey's The Bard, 3 yrs Baker 1 Mr. Houldsworth's ch. c. Vathek, 3 yrs Capt. Lamb's Jack, 4 yrs 3 The Noblemen and Gentlemen's Plate of 60 cove., for all ages ; three years, 7st. 21b ; four, Set. 41b ; five, Sst. 121 b ; six and aged, 9st. 21b. Heats, two miles. Mr. Barrow's Catherina, 6 yrs , Hopwood 1 0 1 Sir W. Fielden's Giovani, aged Mr. Bowden's Jericho, 3 yrs A Handicap of 3 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats, a mile. Sir J. Boswell's Sunbeam, 3 yrs, 7st. 51b .........Hallowell 1 1 Mr. Dawson's Prince, aged, Bst. 91b 4 2 Mr. Houldsworth's Vathek, 3 yrs, Jst. Mb 2 3 Mr. Martin's Maria, 4 yrs, 7st. 21b Capt. Lamb's Jack, 4 yrs, 7st. 101 b Mr. Bowes's Butterfly, 4 yrs, 7st. 101 b 6 dr SW AFFHAM RACES.-SEPT. 28. A Free Plate of 50 sovs. was won in two heats by the Earl of Stradbroke's Daniel, beating Lamplighter and Menas. The Country Gentlemen's Plate of 50 sovs. was won by Daniel, beating Mozart and Menas. The Saddle Race for Ponies was won by Mr. Kitton's Rook, beating three others. THURSDAY. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, was won by Lord Berners's Mayday, beating Mr. Jolly's Vingtun. The County Members' Plate was on by Lord Berners's Mer lin beating Menas and Mozart. The Hurdle Race of 2 sovs. each was won by Mr. Sandiford's Jack Straw, beating two others. WORTHEN G RACES. These Races took place on Saturday as follows : The Steward's Cup was won in two heats by Mr. Knight's Game boy, beating Mr. Paine's Miss Peggy. The Tradesmen's Cup was won by Mr. Blunden's Costane, beating Little Robin and three others. The Cob Stakes were won by Mr. Jefferson's Little Wonder, beating Mr. J. Curtis's Grey Waist. The Pony Race was won by Mr. Balchin's Oscar, beating two others. BREWOOD RACES. The Pattishull Stakes, of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added, was won in three heats by Air. Holyoake's f. by Memnon, beating four others. The Ladies' Purse, for horses not thorough-bred, was won in three heats by Mr. Hay's Snap, beating four others. MATCH AGAINST TIME. EXTRAORDINARY PERFORAIANCE.-Mr. Foster, of Pontefract, lately backed his celebrated mare, Jubilee, to run over Pontefract Course, two miles, in five minutes. The mare won, having thir teen seconds to spare. THE ROYAL HUNT.—We understand that it is the intention of the Noble Master of the Buck Hounds to hunt in the vale of Aylesbury next month. The days appointed for the meet ings are the 16th, 17th, and 18th of November. From the known excellence of the country selected, and the present high condition of the stud and pack, the best sport is expected. AQUATICS. BRITISH YACHT CLUB.—There is another treat in perspec tive between the two beautiful boats of this Club, the Gent and Brilliant. It will be remembered that these two were engaged ill the mathes of Tuesday and Wednesday last, as detailed in our paper, and on each occasion the Brilliant was the leading boat, although she could not, on Tuesday, weather the boat, in consequence of being becalmed. The owners of the Gem, relying upon the power of their boat in a stiff breeze, have accepted a challenge of the Captain of the Brilliant, 251. to 201., and the articles arc made to sail within a fortnight. The distance is from Greenwich to Gravesend and back. PATIENTS IN 1 - 10SPITALS.—The number of pa tients at St. Bartholomews's Hospital last year was 5,275 in patients, 7,458 out-patients, and 15,137 casualty patients, many of whom were supplied with money, clothes, and other neces saries, to enable them to return home. At St. Thomas's, the number was 3,165 in-patients, and 20,627 out-patients, in cluding casualties ; making a total of 53,500 persons relieved in one year. On Thursday information of the following atrocious case was received at the various station-houses of the police. On Tuesday night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, two female servants of Mr. Chissold, Flora-cottage, Park-village, East Regent's-park, who, together with his family, have been for some little time absent from town, were, while lying in bed, alarmed on hearing a noise below, and before either of them had time to open the door of their room, two fellows forced their way in, and seizing one of the women, threatened her with their vengeance if she made the least noise or resist ance. They then commenced the work of plunder, and stole from various drawers and shelves a quantity of plate, consist ing of a silver tea-pot, milk-jug, table-spoons, gravy ditto, a sugar-basin, and other articles, together with an opera-glass and a sovereign, with which they got clear off. No violence was committed on the females by the thieves, who it is ima gined had in the former part of the day gained admittance and concealed themselves under one of the beds. _ GIN VERSUS I'HYSIC.—It is not unworthy of remark that the gin palace proprietor endeavours to provide an antidote to the bane of gin drinking—for the drunkard who has been knocked about in midnight revelries, there is the Dantzic spruce bottle ; for the spasms or cholic, there is one cordial called " Doctor," and another under the title of " lovage ;" and for the infant upon whom neglect and squalid poverty has induced disease, there is " aniseed." These cor dials, as they are called, are made up of low wines sweetened, and the refuse of the distillery. WORCESTER.—There was a good supply of new hops in our market on Saturday, being a b ou t 2,500 p oc kets, nearly the whole of which were sold at a small advance upon our last week's quotation. Only 1,519 pocketspassed through the scales, owing to the bad state of the weather. Present prices—New, choice, 1265. ; y ear li ngs , 85s. to 103 s. ; grl l v ° th ss. to of 183 1 - 2 t, 0 7 5. 8 ;s. to 84s. Duty, 17,0001. We have nothing to add to our last week's reports from various parts of the country. Hop picking is nearly finished, and the crop must be very short of anticipation. It too frequently happens that young men who board with their parents fall behind with their board wages, and compound with their mothers, to the no small injury of their parents. As an illustration of this, the following dia logue took place in a house in town, between a young man and his mother. " Noo, Willie, thou kens brawly, that since the last time that thee an' me counted, thows awin me feefteen shillings, an' am needent the noo, to mak' up the price o' the cow." Willie, who knew his mother's weak side—and what young mon does not ?--replied, " Indeed, mith er , ye ' re gaun to wrang yoursel', for I'm awin you aughteen ;" on saying which he rose and left the house. There were several per sons present, to whom the mother thus appealed—" Is na he really an honest callan, that, although he never pays, he counts fair ?" Glasgow Courier. TIIE LION'S SFIARE.—A gentleman, after re galing a party of friends, on Monday, off a fine back loin of beef, proposed to take the remainder, and a noble piece too, to the King of the forest, in Wombwell's menagerie. The choice fragment was presented to his Majesty, who most gra ciously received it ; but the lady of the royal household sprang upon it, and snatched it from his royal jaws. The noble brute submitted to the deprivation with conjugal patience.—Notting ham Review. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARTIAL POLITICAL AMNESTY. " SIRE—I obey the orders of your Majesty in calling your Royal solicitude to the fate of those of those condemned for political offences. " After the painful necessity of repelling force by force, and of ensuring the triumph of reason and right, a great duty was imposed u p on us , viz. the ex am pl e o f a judicia re pression of bad passions, ensuring the execution of the laws, and guaranteein g public peace. This was the r i g h t o f your Crown, and its duty towards society ; and the more that the essential conditions of order were contested by the spirit of party, the more was it requisite to make the former pre vail over those perverse maxims which acknowledge no power except force. _ _ " The justice of the country took its course. The moral feeling of society was satisfied ; public order strengthened ; and every thing leads to hope that it will no mere trouble by criminal attacks, which must be powerless against a Government relying on general interests, and strong in na tionalsympathy. " Sire,---The moral state of the country, and the dispo sition of a great number of the condemned themselves, allow to-day the employment of the right of pardon, largely and impartially applied. Ido not propose to proclaim a general amnesty, indistinctly applied. Such a measure would be celebrated by faction as the disavowal of that courageous magistracy which showed itself so great in our civil discord. It would have the serious inconvenience of weakening the moral effect of judgments, of confounding men resigned and humble with others yet menacing ; and it would'put in the same line the unfortunate man who asks pardon, and the criminal who still braves and insults the justice of the country. " The heart of his Majesty is ever open to be touched by repentance, by appeals to its clemency, by regular con duct. But it owes nothing to obstinacy in subversive principles, to disorder and menace. Clemency blindly in dulged in multiplies crime, and renders the causes of dis cord eternal. Applied with discernment, it leads to repen tance, and brings about that conciliation, sooner or later, which is so desired by his Majesty, but which you ought not to accept, save as the consequences of submission to the legitimate authority. " The right of pardon, thus understood, is not a con cession to the exigence of parties. France will, on the contrary, see in it a proof of the force of the Govern ment, of its confidence in itself, and of the inutility of any new attack. The King may pardon men who have been ,deceived, seduced, led astray, and who acknowledge their fault. Government can be but the stronger for causin g its authority to be respected. Indulge nce f or th e pas t, pardon for those who beg for clemency, but at the same time the firm determination of energetically repressing any new at tempt, which has for its aim or object the disturbance of tranquillity—such are the motives which had led me to pre sent for your approbation the following list of pardons. (Signed) " PERSIL." The names of sixty-two follow, being Carrier, Thiers, Arnaud, Mazoyer, Chatagnier, Bille, Morel, Jullien, La porte, Boyer, Genest, Adam, Guichard, Mollard, Bechet, of the Lyons and St. Etienne prisoners condemned by the Court of Peers. Though pardoned, they remain under the surveillance of the police. Twelve more had been condemned by the Assize Court of Paris. The rest, forming the greater number, were condemned by the Assize Court of La Vendee, or the western de partments, and of course were engaged in the Carlist in surrection. PARIS, OCT. B.—A letter from Toulon, of the 3d of October, says—Merchantmen sometimes arrive which have performed the voyage from Africa to Toulon in a few days. By one of these ships, we have received information that General Letang had marched with all the troops that could be spared. His intention was to reconnoitre a place very favourable for forming a camp, between Oran and Maccara, in order to fulfil the promises of protection which he made to the chiefs of some tribes that have lately submitted. It would be besides a step of the approaching occupation of Mascara. It is said that after the taking of Constantina, that town will be occupied by a garrison of 2,000 French and 2,000 Turks or Arabs, who will have six months' provisions.— Illessager, Oct. 8. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARis, OCT. 7. Five per Cents., 1051. 311 c. 33c. 25c. 40c. 50c. Four per Cents., 99f. 25c. Three per Cents., 78f. 20c. 15c. 35c. 40c. Bank Actions, 2,270 E Bente de Naples, 97f. Mc. 75c. 85c. 93c. Roman Five per Cents., 101%7 7 . 102. Spanish Actives, 25 8 -4%. Spanish Difleres, 10 1 ,4. Spanish Passives, 7y, %. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 100% 101. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 3.3%. Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 52f. 50c. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25c. 30c.; money, 25f. c. Three months, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money, 251. se. .„-Cours Atithentigric. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, OCT. 8. F i ve per Cents., 105 f. 60c. 75c. Four per Cents., 991. Three per Cents. 78f 30c. 90c. 50c. 65c. • Bank Actions, 2,275 f. Bente de Naples, 98f. sc. Roman Five per Cents., 101% Spanish Actives, 25t4 25 25liMi. Spanish Passives, 7q, %%. Portuguese Three per Cents. 33%5a 7 jB . EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. :30c. • money, 251. 27i4c. Three months, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money, 25f. sc. -Cours iluthentiaue. BOURSE, QUARTER TO FOUR.—A principal broker has made some large purchases of Three per Cents., which improved the price immediately to 78f. 30c., and gradually to 78f. 40c. _ . The Spanish Active Stock remains dull at 25- to it. It is, however, said that some success has attended the attempt to raise money made by the Spanish Consul at Bayonne, who has been sent here by llendizabal for that purpose. The Spanish Consul sent off a courier last night to Spain. • P. S. The broker before alluded to having continued to buy, the Three per Cents. have risen to 78f. 55c. LAST PRICES.—Five per Cents., 105 f. 60e. ; Three per Cents., 78f. 55c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, Gueb hards, —; Differes, ; New Loan, —; Actives, 25a ; Pas sives, 7K ; Ducats, 98 —; Romans, 1017-, ; Pedros, 51 ; Belgians, 101 ; Dutch, 52if. —c. ; Ilaytians, —f. ; Mi guel;, —; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 24; Con tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, 104; Five per Cent. Perpe tuelles, —; Royal Loan, ; Three per Cent. Portuguese, 33{. BOURSE, SATURDAY.—The Rentes were rather worse at the opening of the Bourse, the price at Tortoni's having been at 78f. 40c., the opening price has been 78f. 45c., but has since increased to 78f. 80e. The only reason assigned for the rise, is in the act of grace of the King, inserted in the Moniker of this morning, to 62 individuals detained for political offences. The Spanish Active remained between 251- and 25i, not withstanding the report on 'Change that on the first of this month the payment of the interior dividend had been posted up at Madrid. There is also a rumour in circulation, that the San Fernando Bank at Madrid has written to Messrs. Ardouin and Co., to authorize them to draw on the Bank a large amount at short dates for the dividends, saying that he would have re mitted to him, but was prevented by not being able to procure foreign paper sufficient. Messrs. Ardouin and Co. seem to have declined the opera tion ; however, it seems that the Consul of Spain at Bayonne, who is here for that purpose, has partly succeeded here yester day. He certainly sets off this evening for London to try to cotoplete his mission. It is pretended that Gomez had en. tered Jaen in Andalusia, b u t that he has been dislodged by the Christinos with loss. All this news had no effect whatever on the Spanish securities. LAST PRICES, ( SATURDAY. )—Five per Cents., 105 f. 90c. ; Three per Cents., 78f. 85c. ; Differes, 91 ; Actives, 251 ; Passives, ; Ducats, 98 20; Romans, 102; Brussels Bank, 24. SPAIN. (From the Journal des Debats.) On the 28th Mendizabal was said to have at his disposal but 90,9001. of the money requisite for paying the half year's dividend upon the national debt. On the 29th it was affirmed that, through the additional resources he had procured, he had paid into the Bank 800,0001. He had, therefore, about half the sum wanted for the dividend. It appeared to be the general belief that he would succeed in completing the necessary sum by the Ist of October. Gomez, since the 20th, the day of the Villarobledo affair, has not ceased t o marc h towar d s A n d a l us i a , an d Al a i x ' s division has rema i ne d at Villa ro bl e d o t ill t h e 25t h . T hus the division has n o t f oun d it se lf s t rong enoug h, even a f ter its victory, to hasten in pursuit of the enemy. On the contrary, it retreated on the 25th to Roda, a village of La Mancha, between San Clemente and Albaeeta ; and in the meantime Gomez crossed the Sierra Morena, and descended into Andalusia. Alain must, therefore, have been obliged to inaction, and even su b sequen tl y to a retreat, b y t h e in feriority of his force, and the movements of sonic corps of the enemy upon his flanks. As for the success obtained at Villarobledo, it was a coup de tete of the Colonel of cavalry, Don Diego de Leon, who commanded. th e vanguar d w h o accomp li s h e d i t . Dis covering from a distance the tail of the Carlist column, he hastened by a roundabout way, and fell suddenly upon that rear-guard, which had not time to form itself into a state of defence. At the same time soldiers of the Royal Guard captured at Jadraque, and who had taken service in the Carlist ranks, shouted out " Viva la Constitution," a nd fired upon their new comrades. The Carlists seized with panic, laid down their arms without fighting. There were among them new recruits, whom Gomez had enlisted on his road, and a crowd of muleteers and men attached to the baggage service. The rout was the affair of a mo ment. The Christino, in obtaining so great a result, had but five or six killed, which clearly proves that no serious engagement t oo k place with the troops of Gomez , b ut that it was merely a surpr i se, a b o ld coup de main upon one of his columns. Colonel Don Diego de Leon laboured under the sus picion of the party predominant, owing to his being son-in law to the Marquis de Zeinbrano, who was one of Ferdi nand's Ministers with M. Calo:uarde. The dismission of the Colonel was demanded ; he knew it, and expected it every moment. It was to quit the service with eclat that he seized an opportunity of conquering or dying. Gomez now scours that part of Andalusia situate be tween the Sierra Morena and the Guadalquiver. He is said to have already occupied successively La Carolina, Übeda, Bacza, Linares, Baylen, and Andujar, at 12 leagues from Jaen. Thus he intercepts the high road from Ma drid to Seville, and to Cadiz by Cordoba. His progress will be easy during the first days of his march in Andalusia, until threes be assembled and movements combined, because the country is unprovided with troops of the line. General Quiroga, who commands the provinces of Grenada and Jaen, has scarcely three or four battalions to march against the enterprising Gomez. Rodil took up a position on the 26th at Hucte, between Madrid and Cuenca ; he he had cantoned the divisions of old Castille on the side of Medina Ccli, near Siguenza, on the road from Madrid to Saragossa, and he was about to enter into communication with General San Miguel, who was marching from Teruel towards the province of Cuenca. In establishing a corps of troops at Medina Cell, Rodil had his eye upon the Carlist expedition under Don Pablo Sanz, which was to pass the Ebro at Calahorra, in order to march upon Castille by Soria. But since that expedition is in full march by the Asturias, all these arrangements must be altered. Gomez's invasion of Andalusia becomes a fresh complication. Madrid can no longer be menaced, but the war, pre viously concerted in Navarre, has extended its circle to the provinces surrounding the capital. The news we gave yesterday of the check sustained by the Carlists before St. Sebastian, is confirmed. They have attempted to carry by storm the Alza works, between St. Sebastian and Passages ; but, after a murderous fire, they have retired with a loss rated at 1,000 killed and wounded, including two officers of rank. The Carlist General, Giu belalde, had undertaken the attack in spite of himself upon the advice of two Colonels who had answered for its success. For a very long time past it is always the Carlists who have attacked in Navarre. The Constitutionalists are mo tionless on the Ebro line and in their strong places. BRUSSELS. Oct. B.—The Count de Mueloneare, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who has for some months been absent from his post, in consequence of a serious indisposition, is expected at Brussels to-day. His health appears to be entirely restored. The provincial journals give accounts of the opening of the provincial Councils in all the chief towns. The five districts of the province of Luxemburg have 5,060 electors ; notwithstanding the bad weather 3,133 were at their posts. The Journal of Arlon says that the Orange party was not able to succeed in any place. The Countess of Survilliers, wife of Joseph Buonaparte, has arrived incognita at Liege. f itElAil AN I. UNDS—BRUSSELS, OCT. P. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions ( O% Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent lOO Society of Commerce, 4 ..; per Cent. 1423' Bank 01 Belgium, 5 per Cent 125 Brussels Papers, Oct. 9. DUTCH FONDS—AMSTERDAM, OCT. '7.. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent S3IA 53% Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A 'non Syndic, 4% per cent. 95% 96 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. 77 77% Commercial Company, 4,4 per cent 175% 177% Ditto (1832 and 18.44) 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l9 t 07% Two months —Dutch Papers, Oct. 8. SWITZERLAND. ZURICH, Oct. 4.—The entire Swiss nation has declared against M. de Montebello. It is said that the Council of State, after mature deliberation, has resolved on appoint ing the British Cabinet the arbitrator of the difference be tween France and Switzerland. Should the French Go vernment refuse to agree to that mode of adjusting the affair, Switzerland will then repel force by force.—Repub lican Suisse. BERNE, Oct. 4.—lt is believed that the affair of Conseil will be tried by the tribunals. The police of Berne may in that case, be found guilty of participation in his crime, since his passport was legalized and delivered to hid] by the office, after he had been denounced by the authorities. Conseil, it is true, did not make use of that passport, which was forcibly taken from him by miscreants armed with daggers. The Berne police lost no time in sending those wretches out of the way.—Gazette Universelle de Suisse. This expression of the note, " The people is not with you," which betrays its real tendency, is indecorous in the extreme. France wishes to deceive the population ; but we know for a certainty that the affair respecting the spies is a mere pretext, and that it is only meant to cover a plan the object of which is to ruin the vital principle of the Go vernment of Switzerland. All condescension would be fatal, inasmuch as it would favour occult designs. Switzerland has now only one alternative left to save her independence —that is, to turn on him who thought to inflict a death blow on her liberal institutions.—Oeservateur Suisse. The 2:2 cantons of Switzerland form in reality 24 dif ferent states, not even taking into calculation the three leagues of the Grisons, and the 13 decuries of the Valais, which, strictly speaking, might be regarded as so many different states. With regard to the Government, these 0 4 states may be classed in the following way :—Eight democratic republics—viz., Uri, Schweitz, Glaris, Zug, Appenzell Exterior, Appenzell Interior, Bas•Underwald, and Haut-Underwald. The two republics of the cantons of Appenzell and of Uri have the alternate right of voting at the Federal Diet. Two democratic representative re publics —viz., the leagues of the Grisons, and the decuries of the Valais ; six representative republics—viz., St. Gall, Argovia, Thurgovia, Vaud, Geneva, and Tessin. The last, in consequence of the constitutional reform which has lately been effected, enjoys the advantage of a Constitution, the bases of which are more liberal than those of the other cantons. Three representative republics, the respective capitals of which, however, enjoy great privileges with re gard to the representation, in comparison with the rest of their territory ; these republics are Zurich, Basle, and Schafbausen. Four aristocratic republics—viz„ Berne, Lucerne, Friburg, and Soleure. A constitutional monarchi cal state—viz., the Canton of Neufchatel, of which the King of Prussia is the head.—National. The authorities of the department of the Ain received on the 3d instructions relative to the suspension of all inter course between France and Switzerland. Letters from Geneva state that the consequences of the measures adopted by France were already beginning to be felt in Canton. Swiss travellers who had left for France had been obliged to retrograde. Austria, on the other hand, is concentrat ing troops in the anticipation of a blockade. She has re called all the soldiers absent on, furloughs, and augmented her army. It appears also that the Austrian forces in the Milanese are to be increased to 120,000 men.—La Pair. GERMANY. ROME, SEPT. 24.—0 n the 21st a report was suddenly spread here that Don Carlos had arrived in this city. This news was false ; it was Don Sebastian who had come to the Hotel de l'Europe, and stopped here only half a day. Ac cording to letters from Ancona the cholera is evidently abating ; they affirm that the sanitary cordon, which was placed round the citAkt the first alarm and suffered nothing to pass in or out, was the cause of the death of many poor persons by famine, the inhabitants being taken by surprise, and the town not well furnished with provisions. It is said that travellers will soon be able to go to Naples by land after a long quarantine ; but this news is not official. From Rome travellers can proceed without being anywhere de tained through the whole of northern Italy. VIENNA, SEPT. 29.—The Court will stay at Schonbrunn till the 15th October, as there is an appearance of fine au tumnal weather. VIENNA, SEPT. 30.—Five per Cents., 1021 ; Four per Cents., 991 ; Three per Cents., 723- ; Bank Shares, 1,317. —Allgenteine Zcitung, Oct. 5. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA Seer. 2.9. . Five per Cents. Metalliques , 10214 Four per Cents. ................... 7902., Three per Cents. &ink Shares ... • . • ••• •• —Allgerneine Zeitung, Oct. 4. B 0 HEMIA. PRAGUE, SEPT. 23.— JEWISH DISABILITES.--AR equi vocal passage in the Josephine c ollection of the laws gave occasion some time ago to a doubt in the provincial tribunal at Prague, whether Jews were permitted to bear Christian names. The superior tribunal, to which the question was referred, decided that the Jews were free to take any name except that of the patron Saint of the kingdom. An admi rable instance of the gracious sentiments natural to the Imperial family, was afforded in the kind reception that the at Prague met with from Jewish community elders of the Jew the Emperor, who is said to have enquired, in the most affable m anner, into the circumstances of the community. On the 13 th S e p temb er , the Archduke Francis Charles and his consort, with the King of Saxony, went to the Jews quarters, visited several synagogues, viewed the temple which is not quite finished, and returned with the benedic tions of the people, after staying above six hours. NAPLES. The Ech o of Milan publishes the following article, under the head, of " Present Organization of the Land Army of the kingd om o f b oth Sicilies :"—" According to a recent decision of the War Department, the land forces of the kingdom will consist in time of peace of 60,000 men, and of 80,000 in time of war. The population amounting to 8 ,400,000 souls, there is a soldier for every 140 inha bitants. The period of service is fixed at ten years, five of which are in the active army, and the remaining five in the reserve. Rich company of infantry is com posed of 100 rank and file and four officers, six companies form a battalion, and two battalions a regiment. In time of war the force of each company is to be raised to 150 men. Seven companies will constitute a battalion, and three battalions a regiment. The infantry at present consists of three regiments of the Guard, 12 of the Line, and six battalions of Chasseurs, of national troops, to which must be added four regiments of Swiss infantry, forming eight battalions of 600 men each, so that the effective force of the Neapolitan infantry, the staff included, is 29,700 n:en. The cavalry, in time of peace, consists of seven regiments of four squadrons each, comprising in all 4,463 men and 3,612 horses, which, in time of war, is to be formed of eight regi ments, of five squadrons each, composed of 7,864 men and 6,344 horses. The artillery consists of two foot regiments, a company of horse artillery, a Swiss battery, a brigade of ope ratives, and a corps of artillery for the defence of the coasts. The waggon-train has been joined with the artillery, and the company of horse-artillery is included in one of the two foot regiments. Each orthe latter is divided into four batteries, two of which perform duty in towns, and the other two in the country. In time of peace each battery consists of four pieces, and eight in time of war. The military convoys are composed of six companies in time of peace, and ten in time of war. The corps of engineers.is divided into three sections, one for the garrisons, another for topography, and the third for the country ; it comprises a battalion of pioneers and one of sappers ; each battalion is formed, in time of peace, of six compan i es o f 714 ran k an d file, and 30 officers ; and in time of war of 1,056 rank and file, and 34 officers.' The gendarmie is 7,860 men strong, and 850 horses. There are, besides, in Sicily, 27 companies called Compagni d'Armi, composed each of 12 trim, commanded by a captain. The regiment of veterans includes 3 batta lions, of 4 companies each. There are 6 lieutenant-gene rals, 14 major-generals, and 30 brigadiers, The infantry constitutes 4-sths of the whole army ; the.cavalry 1-Bth ; the artillery 1-25th ; and the engineers 1-60th. The army possesses, besides, a park of siege artillery, and another of engineering implements. The sum of 6,907,674 ducats, or 33,528,000 f., is yearly applied to the wants of the War Department. IRELAND. DUBLIN, OCT. 8. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.—The proceedings of this im portant body, organized for the redemption from political thraldom and injustice of the sister isle, were last Thursday marked by circumstances which cannot but be considered as very important. Let the Lyndhurst-led Lords look to the signs of the times, and set their house in order before the evil day cometh when they will be called to an account, the settling of which will probably be less satisfactory than they suspect or desire. Dr. Murray, a man of undoubted piety—a Bishop of nearly thirty years' standing, full of years, and honoured by all who knew him—this exemplary man and distinguished prelate has enrolled himself a member of the National Association. The following is his letter : " Mountjoy-square,.46 October, 1836. " DEAR SlR,—The extensive profession of the Calholiere ligion in Ireland has, I perceive, been made a pretext for de nying to this portion of the united kingdom those rights which the other portions of the empire so advan tageously enjoy. As a member of that religion I cannot be insensible to the wrong which, on this groundless and insult ing pretext, has been inflicted on the country. I availimyself, therefore, of the first moment after my ar r i v al i n D u bli n t o for ward my humble offering to the fund to be employed for ob taining justice for Ireland. Permit me to request that you will have the goodness to take charge for this purpose of the enclosed sum of 5/.—l have the honour to remain, dear Sir, your obedient, humble servant, Michael Staunton, Esq. DANIEL MURRAY. All the clergymen connected with the Metropolitan Church have followed his example. We are prepared to find this act of the Bishop attacked with all the bitterness which mortification can lend to an unscrupulous faction that dreads every thing which has a tendency to terminate mis rule, and to diminish the plunder on which the Tories live. Supported, however, by the sympathy of a great and gene rous people, Dr. Murray may disregard the abuse with which the Times will of course be ordered to assail him. GALWAY.—A county meeting, the proceedings of which were highly interesting, and manifested the determination of the people to be free was held last Wednesday in Ballinasloe. PLOT !—A Conservative Meeting was held on Tuesday at the Cumberland Rooms, the Earl of Bandon in the Cltair. At this meeting of wiseacres it was seriously asserted that another terrible plot by the Lord Lieutenant to starve the Irish clergy had been discovered ! O'CONNELL ON IRISH TITHES. (From the London Mercury of yesterday.) In a letter to his constituents, Mr. O'Connell has touched on many topics most important to the Irish people. He thus defends his course on the tithe question. " I am perfectly safe in asserting, that in the last session nothing could be more impossible than obtaining the total abolition of tithes. " This being so, a question arises, and it is this :—ls it reasonable to reject a proposition for abolishing part of the tithes—simply because we cannot at present get rid of the entire ? • • " I, therefore, who am for the total abolition of tithes, voted for the abolition, in the first instance, of part only. To act otherwise would be on a par with the folly of a man in Dublin who should declare that as his object was to go to Shrewsbury he would not go in the steam-packet because the final destination of that packet was Holyhead, and it would not take him further." Mr. O'Connell appears altogether to misunderstand the nature of the objections that have been taken to his con duct on the tithe question. The acceptance of a reduc tion of tithes to the amount of 30 per • cent.—until tithes could be abolished altogether—has never been objected to. The objection has been as to the application of the 30 per cent in question. Mr. O'Connell would give the 30 per cent. to the landlords. I contend now, as I contended three years ago, that the Irish poor ought to have the benefit of the reduction. The mere composition of tithes, or commutation of tithes, or annihilation of tithes—although of great importance, as involving the subversion of the existing system—will do no thing toward elevating the mass of Irish society from its present debasement. Were tithes annihilated to-morrow by Act of Parliament, the great body of the Irish people would be no gainers by the change. The landlords of Ire land would quietly add the amount of tithe to the amount of rent, and the peasantry would remain in the same abject state of vassalage as before. Vassalage, indeed, is not the term by which to denote their condition—nor do I know that the English language supplies a descriptive expression. Vassals had, according to the system of vassalage, rights as clearly defined as were the rights of their feudal superiors but the mass of the Irish people have no social rights - ever. Serf, again, is a title to which an Irish peasant has no pretensions—for if a serf was bound to the land, the land was reciprocally bound to him. The serfs of former days had a right of m a int enance f rom th e so il—b u t su ch aright the Irish peasant of the nineteenth century—the emancipate d Irish peasant—is not p erm itt e d t o en j o y. The condition of society in Ireland is, indeed, an anomaly, and one of the most fearful kind. We there see the mass of the occupants of the soil, denied the meanest and most comm on of tho se rights, for the creation and maintenance of which, all soc i a l institutions were in the first instance devised ;—and while all social rights are withheld, the attempt to assert natural rights is punished as the most unnatural of crimes. Ire lad would be less wretched than she is, if none of the ma chinery of civilization were at work within h er s h ores ; f or that machinery—the laws and institutions which prevail— has been merely an instrument of oppression in the hands of the men who, under the sanction of existing laws, have contrived to possess themsel ves o f t h e soil. If Ireland had no pretensions to civilization, the law of force would prevail —but scarcely to a g rea t er extent than the law of force prevails there at this moment and with this difference in the result—that the law of force would then be, as all laws ought to be, on the side ofthe many ! Gi ve th e I r i s h th e b ene fi ts which every social sc h eme oug h t to secure f or every mem ber of society —or permit the Irish to fall back entirely upon the law of nature! There is no other honest alternative! If tithes, I repeat, were abolished to-morrow, the land lords would claim the inheritance of the Church—and the condition of the peasantry would be even more wretched than it is at present. Yet the landlords cannot—even aF cording to the present most iniquitous relations which in Ireland connect the rich with the poor—show any title to tithe. They bought their estates subject to tithe-charges; and if they succeed to tithes, the Legislature ought ts, exact from them the fullest value which tithes would fetch in the market. That value ought to be carried to the credit of the poor—ought to form a fund for the maintenance of all born on the soil—and, in addition to that fund, the whole land of Ireland ought forthwith to be charges!, with a rate, not merely for the support of the indigent P:nd help less,. but for the purpose of supplying permane n t an d pro fitable employment to every man willing and able to labour. The landlords of . Ireland must be made t o un d erstand the nature of the position which they ought t o occupy in so ciety. They must abandon their p re p osterous pretensions to an absolute right o f . property lit th e s o il . They must he t aug ht that the soil of Ireland was no more made for their exclusive uses, than the sun which shines on Ireland was designed to warm and cheer them alone ; and they must be taught, moreover, that it will be more easy for the rest of society to find another race of landlords, than for the pre sent race of landlords to find other possessions. The sooner Mr. O'C onne ll l ays t h ese th i nge to h eart, th e sooner will he understand what English Radicals mean when they express their disapprobation of the tithe-commutation scheme which he supports. BRUSSELS, OCT. 7.—Messrs. Kats and Michaels have been set at liberty to-day on giving bail to the amount of 800 francs (321.) each. The exorbitant amount of the bail is not one of the least sin,, ,, ular circumstance of this affair, especially when we recollect that two other persons, who. are to be tried on an accusation which (in the case of •one of them) is more serious than that against M. Kats } lave not been arrested.—Brussels Paper.